This is the place to discuss not just allotments but all general gardening problems and queries which don't fit into the specific categories below.
(formerly allotments and tips, hints and problems)
I couldn't possibly post pics of my garden - it would never stand the comparison with yours
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Rachel
Take nobody's word for it, especially not mine! If I offer you an ID of something based on a photo, please treat it as a guess, and a starting point for further investigations.
OK, if you insist.
Bear in mind that this has taken me at least six months of sheer neglect to achieve this excellence.
This is my fruit cage (prospective site of) ...........
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...... and this is my herb garden ..........
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....... and this is my biofuel patch awaiting the arrival of my father-in-law (86) to come over and have a massive bonfire to clear (which he absolutely loves now that he lives in a miniscule one bedroom town bungalow) so that I can plant up some more this autumn .....................
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Tony
Disclaimer: I almost certainly haven't a clue what I'm talking about.
How do you do big photo's, is photo shop what they do to models. I love your gardens Doofa and OS, I am always really interested to see what other people do, no two gardens are ever the same. I have been caught by the weather, I hate it and everything is being a bit neglected, the tunnels are getting to 40 centigrade by 8am and they only really start cooling at 9pm, there is no shade at all where I am. Here are tiny pictures (all I can manage) of my two tunnels and the calabrese I have slowly murdered
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Last edited by diggernotdreamer on Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The clear(ish) area on the left is where I just this morning grubbed a row of peas.
My other tunnel is relatively empty, the centre bed has been cleared to make way for late season early potatoes .... just as soon as I pluck up the courage to dig it in 40+ degrees.
Tony
Disclaimer: I almost certainly haven't a clue what I'm talking about.
I have a old Victoria Terrance house with long narrow garden I try and make the most of it i break all the rules about planting but works well for me shove it in were ever it fits
the walk way by back door salad bed strawberries, tamerilla and more
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the walk way by back door salad bed strawberries, tamerilla and more
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the big raised bed, carrots parsnips kale and beetroots
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tomatoes beds with hops growing along the top
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hole waiting for me to put up new green house, but mange touts are looking good
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view from half way down garden veg and herb gardens, greengage tree hazelnut tree, French beans
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view from back door looking down garden, smart end of garden but in there is quince tree , victiria plum tree black and red currant, and kale and herbs
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missed the herb garden how could I poor herb garden, missed the nut tree to
its a small garden compared to some of the pictures I seen on here but does keep me in fruit and veg most of the year
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the green gage tree
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Swiss chard , spinage and runner beans all fighting for space, had garlic in there to but pull up 2 weeks ago
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more of the herb garden raspberry along the fence behind , butternut squash as I had now were else to put them and a Japanese wine berry
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always grow my potatoes in these old recycled boxes but dug up last week now got peas salad courgettes, and a few broc
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the herb garden with cherry tree up against garage far to big a bay tree